The Pilgrimage

It was a cold sunday morning of December when we embark on a holy journey to Mama Mary's side atop the small hill of Sibonga... Simala.

It was here where our very dear Blessed Virgin Mary appeared tearful on her birthday celebration of 1998. She was sad, quite sad. It was also learned that her complexion turned dark into almost black. Amidst these phenomenon, the monks decided to praise more our Holy Mother so the Bishop crowned her on the eve of her birthday (September,1999). It was then when she turned fair back to her original texture. My, oh my! What a miracle that was!

That's where we went last Sunday. We prayed, gave thanks and asked for petitons from our Blessed Mother Mary. Quite surprisingly however, inspite of the typoon which supposedly was passing thru Cebu during that time, it turned out to be cool and fair. Rain did pour in but only a little. Perhaps because Mama Mary knew we needed a little sunshine for our journey. Thanks to you dear Mother, we had so much fun, not to mention great bonding among us. More of our holy trip below. (You can click on the pictures for a clearer view)

On our way back, we decided to stop by @ Theotokus (Carcar), where the famous "dancing sun" supposedly appeared. It was an awesome view up there. The sea view looked refreshing @ a distance, although the skies went black with dark clouds every now and then. But still we prayed and thanked Mother Mary for that wholesome day!

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Oh, not only did we went down south and prayed, we side tripped across Mandaue City and stopped to pose @ Cebu International Convention Center (CICC). It was opened last week for the ASEAN Summit, which was originally scheduled this week but was postponed because of typhoon "Seniang". Anyway, we managed to shoot a couple of poses with the building as the backdrop. Here goes:

Cebu International Convention Center (CICC)

Mandaue City

All smiles!

We really had fun!

(more pictures soon.. to be continued)